March 1, 2017

Submission on Oranga Tamariki Bill

The Government proposed amending the Children, Young Persons and their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation.

The Government proposed amending the Children, Young Persons and their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation.

We oppose the Bill in its entirety. Our principle concern is that it removes the priority placement with whānau, hapū and Iwi when a child was removed from their family. We’ve also raised a number of other concerns with the Bill.